The Walking Dead #132 topped the October charts, helping Image lands a 9.77% dollar share and impressive 12.28% unit share, according to figures just released by Diamond. While the zombie book led the charts before, it was for the milestone 100th issue. I believe this is the first time a regular issue led the charts, most likely buoyed by the debut of the TV series for its fifth season and also several hundred thousand copies of the book ordered via Loot Crate.

Marvel again was the top publisher, leading DC by a comfortable margin. DC has two books in the top 10, as The Death of Wolverine weekly series performed well. Batman was DC’ss top book, followed by the pot-scented Harley Quinn annual. Lady Thor #1 also made the top ten, making this a good month for female led titles.

The first Ms Marvel GN was the top selling book—man can’t wait to see the sales estimates on THAT—and the first Harley Quinn book was #7.Marvel matched DC with four books in the top 10.

Toon Graphics led the books with the drop-dead gorgeous Hansel & Gretel by Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti.

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Where are you seeing #133’s ranking, out of curiosity? Diamond hasn’t posted past the top 10s yet.

I would want to look at the final numbers, and also whether there were any differences between #132 and #133 in terms of content and covers offered that would make them differ. Reported sales on Rocket Raccoon #2 certainly made it look as if early estimates of how much Loot Crate added — 100k — were low.

I do think that even though Loot Crate is ordering non-returnably through Diamond like a direct market retailer, including one-time single-issue orders in the hundreds of thousands tends to conflict with the original purpose of the Diamond charts, which is to tell comic shop owners what the typical comic shop is buying. On the other hand, they’re now just as helpful in telling collectors whether a comic book is really rare or not, so not having that information would be a problem, too. It’s a complicated question.

Oh MAN hahaha that’s amazing about Ms. Marvel. I almost feel like digging up all the “but new/female/teen/Muslim/foreign (let alone any combination of those) characters don’t sell!!!” posts we saw back when it was announced just to gleefully rub this chart in their face. Haters to the left, Kamala might be around for a whole while longer, quietly being one of Marvel’s better AND cheaper (for now..) series. :)